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Jersey Number 29
Taylor Sedlacek
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bennington
- Hometown:
- Bennington, Neb.
| 2026 |
- Third Team NFCA All-Midwest Region.
- First Team All-Summit League.
- College Sports Communicators® Academic All-District Team® honoree.
- Top 10 in league in RBI (16).
- Has hit five home runs in Summit contests.
- .569 slugging mark.
| At Wichita State |
- As a junior:
- CSC Academic All-District.
- Named to the Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
- Started all 55 games between shortstop and second base.
- Set career highs in batting average (.329), runs (48), hits (50), doubles (17), home runs (15), walks (40), slugging percentage (.737) and on base percentage (.469).
- Her 17 doubles ranked second most in a single season at Wichita State.
- Her 40 walks tied for second most in a single season.
- Tied for seventh on the single season charts with her 15 home runs.
- Singled and walked twice in the American Conference quarterfinal vs. North Texas.
- Doubled and scored a pair of runs in the second round win of the AAC Championship vs. Tulsa.
- Singled, doubled and drove in a run at Memphis on May 3.
- Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI vs. Kansas on April 30.
- Hit three home runs in the Charlotte series, including a pair of two-run home runs on April 25.
- Was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in the series opener vs. Charlotte.
- Walked twice, homered, drove in a pair and scored three times vs. Kansas City on April 22.
- Had a double and a home run in the series vs. East Carolina.
- Smoked two, two-run home runs at UAB on April 4.
- Homered and drove in three runs in the series opener vs. South Florida.
- In the shootout with No. 2 Oklahoma, she was 3-for-4 with two home runs, five RBI and scored a career-high four runs.
- Drove in three runs to go with a home run in the finale at UTSA on March 23.
- Went 2-for-4 with a double in the series opener vs. North Texas on March 14.
- Singled twice and scored twice at Kansas on March 12.
- Had a hit in all five games of the Shocker Invitational, including RBI against Oklahoma State, Missouri and South Dakota State.
- She hit a solo home run off Missouri.
- Had a season-high two doubles to go with two walks, two RBI and three runs scored vs. Bowling Green.
- Smashed a solo home run vs. San Diego State at the Clearwater Invitational.
- Against No. 5Texas A&M, she was 2-for-3 with a double and RBI.
- Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double vs. No. 5 Texas A&M on Feb. 13.
- Two hits, including a double vs. Colgate (Feb. 8).
- In a win over Grand Canyon (Feb. 7) she went 2-for-3 with a walk, double and run.
- Hammered a two-run home run in the opener vs. Northern Illinois (Feb. 7).
- As a sophomore:
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
- American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
- First Team All-Conference.
- Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
- Started all 50 games between right field and shortstop.
- Set career highs in doubles (7), home runs (14), walks (30) and RBI (46).
- Slashed .254/.388/.613.
- Crushed a three-run home run in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference Championship vs. UTSA (May 8).
- To help Wichita State salvage the series at North Texas, she hammered a three-run bomb in the finale (April 27).
- Smacked a two-run home run in the series finale vs. UAB (April 21).
- Tied a season high with three hits vs. UAB (April 20), including a double and two runs scored.
- Delivered a two-run home run vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State (April 17).
- Hit her second grand slam of the season vs. Tulsa (April 6).
- Homered twice and drove in five runs in Game 2 at Charlotte (March 29).
- Doubled in the opening game of the Charlotte series (March 28).
- Was 2-for-3 with an RBI in game two of the UTSA series (March 22).
- Had an RBI double in the series opener vs. UTSA (March 22).
- Broke out of a slump in a big way against East Carolina (March 15-17).
- In the series vs. the Pirates, she was 6-for-8 with three home runs and nine RBI.
- In the final game of the series she was 2-for-2 with a two-run home run.
- Tied a career high with three hits in game two, including a double, home run and three RBI.
- Crushed a grand slam in the first inning of the series at East Carolina (March 15).
- Drove in three runs behind a home run in the series finale vs. Florida Atlantic (March 10).
- Sent a solo homer over the scoreboard in left field in the opening game of the Florida Atlantic series (March 9).
- Scored three times, drove in two runs and doubled in the Shockers' run-rule win at Nebraska (March 2).
- Doubled and homered vs. No. 14 Missouri (March 2).
- Smacked her first home run of the season in the final game of the Razorback Invitational vs. Illinois State (Feb. 25).
- Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored.
- As a freshman:
- American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
- Named to the Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete.
- American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team.
- Named to the Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA.
- Crushed a two-run home run in Wichita State's 17-2 win at Tulsa (April 29).
- At least one hit in all three games vs. East Carolina, including a 2-for-3 game in the opener with a double.
- Tied a season high with three hits in the series opener vs. Houston (April 14).
- Had two singles and two RBI at Memphis (April 7).
- Tied a season high with three hits, including a double and RBI in Wichita State's upset of No. 2 Oklahoma State (April 4).
- Bases loaded walk vs. South Florida (April 1).
- Went 2-for-3 in a midweek win vs. Omaha (March 29).
- Singled in four plate appearances at UCF (March 26).
- Delivered the game-winning RBI single in a walk-off win over South Dakota State (March 19).
- Doubled and drove in a run vs. Minnesota (March 17).
- Homered in three of the four games in the Shocker Classic, including home runs in each of the games against Nebraska (March 10-11).
- Hit her first career grand slam vs. Nebraska.
- Scored three times while going 2-for-2 vs. Bradley (March 5).
- Doubled and scored a run vs. Western Illinois (March 4).
- Had the first multi-hit game of her career at San Diego (Feb. 18), going 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
- Slugged her first career home run vs. FDU (Feb. 19).
- Recorded a pinch-hit single single vs. Kent State (Feb. 11).
- In her first career at bat, she hit and RBI single vs. Villanova (Feb. 10).
| High School |
- A four-year starter and letterwinner, Sedlacek had a decorated prep career, which led to a Top 100 ranking in the Extra Elite Rankings at No. 66 overall and No. 44 for middle infielders.
- She was a four-time first team all-conference selection, while also being named a Lincoln Journal Star First Team Super State (All Classes & First Team Class B) and Omaha World-Herald First Team All-Nebraska (All Classes & First Team Class B).
- Sedlacek played in all 33 games as a senior, hitting .457 with three triples, nine doubles, 11 home runs, 19 stolen bases and 52 runs scored.
- She helped lead the Bennington Badgers to a 27-6 record and the Eastern Midlands Conference regular season and tournament championships.
- They qualified for State for the first time since 2011, finishing fourth.
- In 122 career games, Sedlacek had seven triples, 35 doubles, 34 home runs, 81 walks, 33 stolen bases, 151 runs and a .423 batting average.
- She holds single season school records in runs (52) and home runs (11) and career records in runs (151) and home runs (34).
- Sedlacek was also a standout on the basketball court, earning all-conference honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
- In the classroom, Sedlacek was an Academic All-Conference honoree all four years.
| Personal |
- Parents are Don and Jennifer Sedlacek.
- Has one brother, Trenton.
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